In the year 1997
720 Notable deaths
Kåre Holt
Norwegian writer (1916–1997).
Born October 10th, 1916 in Våle.
Died March 15th, 1997 at 80 years old in Holmestrand.
Francisco Aramburu
Brazilian footballer and manager (1922-1997).
Born January 7th, 1922 in Uruguaiana.
Died October 1st, 1997 at 75 years old in Porto Alegre. [ref]
Michael Peter
Field hockey player (1949-1997).
Born May 7th, 1949 in Heidelberg.
Died October 23rd, 1997 at 48 years old in Leimen.
Mulumba Lukoji
Congolese politician and university teacher (1943-1997).
Born March 5th, 1943 in Kipushi.
Died March 3rd, 1997 at 53 years old in Johannesburg.
Mikel Koliqi
Catholic cardinal (1902-1997).
Born September 29th, 1902 in Shkodër.
Died January 28th, 1997 at 94 years old in Shkodër.
Donald Beer
American rower (1935–1997).
Born May 31st, 1935 in New York City.
Died January 25th, 1997 at 61 years old in Princeton (brain cancer).
Berta Bojetu
Slovene actor and poet.
Born February 7th, 1946 in Maribor.
Died March 16th, 1997 at 51 years old in Ljubljana.
Raymond Bass
Gymnast (1910–1997).
Born January 15th, 1910 in Arkansas.
Died March 10th, 1997 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Gerhard Wiltfang
West german equestrian (1946-1997).
Born April 27th, 1946 in Stuhr.
Died July 1st, 1997 at 51 years old in Thedinghausen.
Vassily Solomin
Boxer (1953-1997).
Born January 5th, 1953 in Perm.
Died December 28th, 1997 at 44 years old in Perm (lung cancer).
Matti Sippala
Athletics competitor (1908-1997).
Born March 11th, 1908 in Hollola.
Died August 22nd, 1997 at 89 years old in Kotka.
Arthur Machado
Brazilian footballer and manager (1909-1997).
Born January 1st, 1909 in Niterói.
Died February 28th, 1997 at 88 years old in Boa Vista.
Boris Balinsky
Ukrainian/south african biologist (1905–1997).
Born September 23rd, 1905 in Kyiv.
Died September 1st, 1997 at 91 years old in Johannesburg.
Edi Rada
Austrian figure skater (1922–1997).
Born September 13th, 1922 in Vienna.
Died July 13th, 1997 at 74 years old in Vancouver.
Mariya Batrakova
Hero of the soviet union (1922–1997).
Born November 21st, 1922.
Died June 16th, 1997 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Juan Burgueño
Uruguayan footballer (1923-1997).
Born February 4th, 1923 in Montevideo.
Died September 21st, 1997 at 74 years old
Oku Mumeo
Japanese politician.
Born October 24th, 1895 in Fukui.
Died July 7th, 1997 at 101 years old in Shinjuku.
Heikki A. Alikoski
Finnish astronomer (1912-1997).
Born December 5th, 1912 in Oulu.
Died December 28th, 1997 at 85 years old in Turku.
John Stack
American rower.
Born March 22nd, 1924 in Camden.
Died May 28th, 1997 at 73 years old in Lake Berryessa.
Émile Stijnen
Belgian footballer (1907-1997).
Born November 2nd, 1907 in Antwerp.
Died March 27th, 1997 at 89 years old
Aleksandr Ivanov
Soviet footballer (1928-1997).
Born April 14th, 1928 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 29th, 1997 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Vladimir Sukharev
Athletics competitor (1924-1997).
Born July 10th, 1924 in Korday.
Died April 30th, 1997 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Henk Plenter
Dutch footballer (1913-1997).
Born June 23rd, 1913 in Groningen.
Died May 12th, 1997 at 83 years old in Groningen.
Charlotte van Pallandt
Dutch painter and sculptor (1898-1997).
Born September 24th, 1898 in Arnhem.
Died July 30th, 1997 at 98 years old in Noordwijk.
Warner Tjardus Koiter
Dutch mechanical engineer and professor of applied mechanics (1914-1997).
Born June 16th, 1914 in Amsterdam.
Died September 2nd, 1997 at 83 years old in Delft.
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All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young